Industry News

News • July 26, 2021

Star Cutter hires sales and applications engineer

Star Cutter Co. hired Josh Hubbard as a sales and applications engineer at its facility where the company builds 5-axis CNC tool grinding machines.

News • July 23, 2021

Facing the future with data management

Sandvik Coromant's CoroPlus MachiningInsights platform is an expansion of the company's CoroPlus suite of connectivity software. The platform gives manufacturers greater visibility of CNC machine tools and machining processes, and to provide the tools needed to analyze, identify, and eliminate common sources of downtime and inefficiency.

News • July 22, 2021

ANCA 2021 Tool of the Year contest deadline nears

Now in its fourth year, ANCA Tool of the Year has raised the profile of cutting tools and those companies who make them.

News • July 21, 2021

Okuma America welcomes PDQ Workholding to Thinc network

The manufacturer of custom cutting tools joins more than 40 companies participating in the Thinc network.

News • July 20, 2021

Ceratizit acquires remaining shares of former Best Carbide

The Ceratizit Group acquisition of the remaining shares allows the Group to further expand its footprint and accelerate a growth strategy in the cutting tools market, specifically in high-end micro tools.

News • July 19, 2021

Mitsubishi Electric names Absolute Machine Tools diamond partner

As a Diamond partner, Absolute Machine Tools Inc. will be able to utilize resources available from Mitsubishi Electric.

News • July 16, 2021

GWS Tool Group and Haimer USA form Safe-Lock partnership

GWS Tool Group and Haimer USA signed a U.S. licensing agreement for Haimer's Safe-Lock anti-pullout system.

News • July 15, 2021

Controlling the quality of the boring and milling process

In the cutting tool and toolholder industry, one of the reasons for Big Kaiser's success is its adherence to quality control -- in part by using measurement technology from Kistler to benchmark cutting tools.

News • July 14, 2021

GWS Tool Group acquires Indexable Cutting Tools of Canada

GWS Tool Group in Tavares, Florida, finalized its third acquisition in 2021 and its first international acquisition with the purchase of Indexable Cutting Tools Inc.

News • July 13, 2021

Star SU’s John O’Neil elected to Gear Research Institute board

John O' Neil, engineering manager for gear tools at Star SU has been elected by the Gear Research Institute to its Board of Trustees for the 2021- 2023 term.

News • July 12, 2021

Okuma partners with community college on training academy

The 53,000 sq. ft. center was built specifically for industrial machine tool training and supports flexible machine layouts and configurations.

News • July 9, 2021

Sharpening tools overnight with Vollmer Automation

The global pandemic has impacted businesses around the world, but for Aiguisatek, a Canada-based sharpening service, the impact was compounded by stringent local regulation in the Quebec province that all but shut down manufacturing in the area. Automation technology solved these challenges.